Girls' name · since 1909
Liona
Liona has 224 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 1909
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Liona is the #6342 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 224 recorded since 1909.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liona has been recorded 224 times among girls since 1909, currently ranked #6342 nationally and more common than 63% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #18,673 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,342 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 224 born since 1909
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liona ranks #18,673 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,342 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 224 born since 1909, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 1909
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liona's 224 recorded births place it above 74.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Liona compares
224 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Liona's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Liona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 224 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Liona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Liona's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Liona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Liona by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Liona's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Liona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Liona's data
- Liona's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (77) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Liona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~116 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1909–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Liona draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.